The Waikato is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. The region stretches from Coromandel Peninsula in the north, to the north-eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu in the south, and spans the North Island from the west coast, through the Waikato and Hauraki to Coromandel Peninsula on the east coast. Broadly, the extent of the region is the Waikato River catchment.
The name for the region is taken from the Waikato River; waikato is a Māori word traditionally translated as "flowing water".
Before the arrival of Europeans, the Waikato contained the third most densely populated part of New Zealand, after Northland/Auckland and the Bay of Plenty. The Waikato rohe (area) was inhabited by iwi (tribes) such as those of the Tainui confederation, including Waikato and Ngāti Toa who conquered the native inhabitants about 1450 according to Tainui historians, finally destroying them at a battle at Aratiatia. Between about 1750 and 1842 the area was subject to a large number of invasions by other Māori iwi and hapu confederations and large scale population migrations took place by a number of hapu and iwi. The largest battle ever fought in New Zealand took place near Ohaupo about 1790–1805, between two competing alliances of hapu. During the latter stages of this volatile period, known as the Musket Wars (1807–1845), conflict led to a migration south to Taranaki and eventually Kapiti Island.
Date | Departure | Arrival | Pilot | Aircraft | Landing rate | Distance | Flight time | ||
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17FEB25 2042Z | NZNP | NZHN | Uberfish | Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) | -182 ft/m | 109 nm | 00:18 | View | |
09FEB25 2009Z | NZWU | NZHN | Mouseviator | Beechcraft G36 Bonanza (BE36) | -123 ft/m | 158 nm | 00:58 | View | |
07FEB25 0015Z | NZAA | NZHN | IrishVirtual 01 | Embraer Phenom 300 (E55P) | -63 ft/m | 158 nm | 00:36 | View | |
06FEB25 0055Z | NZOH | NZHN | Dillon | Piper PA-24 Comanche (PA24) | -111 ft/m | 150 nm | 01:31 | View | |
03FEB25 1716Z | NZHN | NZHN | Ron L. Hamelin | H160 Toll | -17 ft/m | 5184 nm | 00:00 | View | |
02FEB25 0721Z | NZWN | NZHN | Philippe Damerval | Quest Kodiak (KODI) | -80 ft/m | 284 nm | 01:42 | View | |
26JAN25 1046Z | NZCH | NZHN | Gilles Menghetti | Boeing 737-600 (B736) | -305 ft/m | 375 nm | 01:02 | View | |
18JAN25 0948Z | NZAA | NZHN | Artem | Cessna 400 (COL4) | -55 ft/m | 110 nm | 00:41 | View | |
17JAN25 1129Z | NZWN | NZHN | Mike Papa | Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) | -64 ft/m | 239 nm | 00:43 | View | |
15DEC24 2041Z | NZWO | NZHN | Jose Luis G. | Cessna 408 SkyCourier (C408) | -60 ft/m | 139 nm | 00:43 | View | |
04DEC24 0002Z | NZWR | NZHN | VAF155 Alberto | Boeing 737-700 (B737) | -151 ft/m | 159 nm | 00:32 | View | |
23NOV24 2329Z | NZNR | NZHN | Newhampshires | Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) | -15 ft/m | 177 nm | 00:45 | View | |
11NOV24 0652Z | NZWR | NZHN | Jason F/Petroho | Socata TBM-850 (TBM8) | -51 ft/m | 137 nm | 00:41 | View | |
11NOV24 0040Z | NZWU | NZHN | Hurrikane Alpha | Beechcraft G36 Bonanza (BE36) | -145 ft/m | 135 nm | 00:48 | View | |
02NOV24 2302Z | NZAA | NZHN | Aaron Priest | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -238 ft/m | 150 nm | 00:35 | View | |
02NOV24 0954Z | NZAA | NZHN | Róbert Bencsik | Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) | -102 ft/m | 107 nm | 00:28 | View | |
02NOV24 0856Z | NZAA | NZHN | Unknown | Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) | -422 ft/m | 104 nm | 00:23 | View | |
02NOV24 0456Z | NZNR | NZHN | Scotty Clifford | Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-550/700 (CRJ7) | -152 ft/m | 148 nm | 00:32 | View | |
02NOV24 0243Z | NZAA | NZHN | Jonathan Araujo | Cessna 414 Chancellor (C414) | -64 ft/m | 107 nm | 00:36 | View | |
02NOV24 0235Z | NZAA | NZHN | Carlo | Embraer 170/175 (E170) | -201 ft/m | 120 nm | 00:12 | View |